• US president calls Mojtaba’s appointment ‘bad idea’; says war could be ‘over soon’
• Kremlin says Putin gave Trump proposals for a quick settlement of conflict
• Israel launches more attacks on Tehran, Isfahan; Iran pledges bigger warheads in response
• Bahrain oil facilities attacked; Nato defences shoot down missiles aimed at Turkiye
• Two UAE servicemen killed; strike hits near Iraqi base, Baghdad airport
TEHRAN / WASHINGTON: Monday was a rough day for global markets, which saw Brent crude oil prices jumping to a peak of $119.50 as Iran launched fresh strikes on energy installations in the Gulf, before coming back down to around $82 a barrel.
For his part, US President Donald Trump predicted the war in the Middle East could be over soon, even as Tehran saw rallies in support of the new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei.
Iranian state media showed large crowds in several cities rallying behind the new leader, waving Iranian flags and holding portraits of his father Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed by an Israeli strike on the war’s first day.
But Trump told NBC News tha
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